Plant stand



VPatented ug. 16, 1927.

LIMITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. VIEWEGH, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

PLANT STAND.

Application led September 5, 1925. Serial No. 54,629.

view of a sta-nd of my preferred-form,

2, is a perspective View of a. half dozen of my improved stands as same appear when nested for transportation or storage, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of stand.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views of the drawing.

The top 4 Vof the stand is preferably triangular in shape, and is formed out of sheet metal with the edges bent down on all threey sides to form marginal flanges 5.

The legs 6 are made out of metal angle bars of suitable length and bent outwardly at their lower portions to increase the area of the stand base and toi facilitate the introduction of one stand into the next in nesting.

the respective corners of tlie angular topy by spot-welding, the angle of the topfitting into the angle ofv the leg andv permanently closing the joint between adjacent flanges 5 when the contacting parts are spot-welded together.

Brace-bars 7 connect each leg with those next it. The bars are preferably placed against the iiiner sides of the legs at la suitable distance above the floor.

As above constructed, the comparatively small top 4 is well covered by a flower pot placed thereon, particularly with a triangular top, thereby obviating the necessity of a mat to hide the top, and the three corner extensions of the top give adequate support to the pot.

The legs are attached to the Youtside of n rwardly spreading legs each formed out of The stands are nested by dropping .one stand down over the top of the next, in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2 which shows six stands nested together. f

In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the top l is omitted and the upper ends of the legs are connected by metal bars 8, similar to the lower bars 7 It is obvious that other variations may be` made without departing from the spirit of my invention and I therefore do not desire to be limited, any morethan is required by the appended claims.

I claim: Y

l. A flower stand comprising downwardly spreading legs each formed out of an angle bar placed with the inner angle ofthe bar toward the center of the stand, and an angular sheet metal top having its edges bent down between the angles of the top to form marginal flanges, the angles of the top being inserted inthe corresponding angles of the legs with the legs outside of the flanges and lapping and closing the joints between the flanges the space between the spread legs being ample'and unobstructed such that the stands may be reelynested in and on one .f

another for the mayor portions of their lengths without reducing the space between the legs of the inner stands.

2. A i'iower stand comprising three downan angle bar with the angle turned inwardly ofthe stand, and a plurality of leg connectH ing members between each pair of legs, and contained within the area bounded by the legsr and uniting all ofthe legs into a rigid n 

